Georgia Writer's Museum
News Staff
When I shared the WSB-TV newsroom in Atlanta with Hank Phillippi Ryan back in the ‘70s, it was obvious even then that she was not only a terrific young reporter but a powerful storyteller, too. I correctly predicted she’d go far.
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Joined onstage at The Plaza by Sheryl McCollum (seated), founder and director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute and emcee for the evening, serial killer survivor Kathy Kleiner-Rubin gave a moving, occasionally disturbing, and always revealing presentation Jan. 12-13 at The Plaza Arts Center in Eatonton. IAN TOCHER/Staff
GWM Crime & Wine event features serial killer survivor
Ian Tocher
Nearly a quarter-century later to the day, Georgia Writers Museum presented back-to-back nights of the first-hand account of serial killer survivor Kathy Kleiner- Rubin Jan. 12-13 at The Plaza in Eatonton.
Thursday, January 25, 2024
GWM hosting bestselling author Hank Ryan
Hank Phillippi Ryan
Hank Phillippi Ryan is a New York Times bestselling author who also has won 37 Emmys for her investigative journalism. She has written 15 psychological thrillers that collectively have won five Agatha Awards, five Anthony Awards, and the coveted Mary Higgins Clark Award.
Thursday, January 18, 2024
GWM announces 3rd annual writers retreat
News Staff
If you are a writer, published author, or wannabe author, Georgia Writers Museum (GWM) has exciting news.
Thursday, January 11, 2024
GWM to host Crime & Wine with serial killer survivor
News Staff
At about 3 a.m. on Jan. 15, 1978, Ted Bundy broke into the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University.
Thursday, December 28, 2023
L-R: “Sweet” Lamar, author Tony Barnhart, Charles Turner and Darryl Farley were all members of The 19 of Greene, the first integrated football team in Greene County High School’s history. IAN TOCHER/Staff
Barnhart discusses new book at GWM event
Ian Tocher
Noted sportswriter and college football TV personality Tony Barnhart presented his new book, The 19 of Greene: Football, Friendship, and Change in the Fall of 1970 to a packed house on Dec. 5 as the final “Meet the Author” guest of the year for the Georgia Writers Museum (GWM).
Thursday, December 14, 2023
GWM presents sports author Tony Barnhart
Tony Barnhart
From Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird to Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, there have been many great books written about the challenges of racial integration.
Thursday, November 16, 2023
GWM hosting cookbook launch for local author
News Staff
Georgia Writers Museum has announced the book launch of local writer Tara Rocker’s new book, My Sweet Home Georgia Cookbook.
The book launch drop-in party will be held at the museum on Thursday, Nov. 30, from 5-7 p.m., with light hors d’oeuvres served.
Thursday, November 2, 2023
GWM welcomes cookbook author
Johnathan Barrett
With the approach of two major “eating” holidays – Thanksgiving and Christmas – opportunities abound to create and taste unique culinary delights. And who better to bring fresh ideas and tasty recipes than Johnathon Scott Barrett?
Thursday, October 5, 2023
GWM Q&A: Steven Cooper
Steve Cooper
In Steven Cooper’s mystery, Desert Remains: A Gus Parker and Alex Mills Novel, someone is filling the desert caves around Phoenix with bodies – a madman who, in a taunting ritual, also leaves behind a record of his crimes etched into the stone.
Thursday, September 7, 2023